On Tour

De Minaur made his professional debut at a Futures tournament in Spain in July 2015 and first appeared in the ATP rankings at 1544 in August of that year.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open last year, beating Gerald Melzer in the first round, before losing in straight sets to Sam Querrey in the round of 64.

De Minaur drew Robin Haase in the first round of the French Open and went out in straight sets, before losing in the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon.

At the US Open last year, he was unlucky to draw current world number eight Dominic Thiem and went out in the first round 4-6 1-6 1-6.

Stellar start to 2018

The 18-year-old made it to his first ATP Tour semi-final in Brisbane in early January, beating Steve Johnson, Raonic and Michael Mmoh all in straight sets. After winning the first set and having the upper hand in a second set tiebreak, De Minaur lost to Ryan Harrison in the semis.

A week later, in Sydney, the young Aussie has gone a step further by reaching his first ATP final at the Sydney International after beating world-number 42 Benoit Paire, 4-6 6-1 6-1, in the semi-finals. The in-form young gun overcame a shaky first set where he dropped a break point with the scores tied at 4-4 in the first set, demolishing his French opponent in the following two sets as he went on to win 12 of the next 14 games. He will face Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final.

Earlier in the tournament, he caused a boilover with a 6-4 6-2 first round win over Verdasco, before overpowering world number 30 Damir Dzumhur to reach the quarter-finals. De Minaur won the first set 6-2 and was up 3-0 in the second set when Dzumhur retired.

Other big scalps on his record include Tommy Robredo in October, Paire in Sydney last year and quickly rising American talent Frances Tiafoe in Brisbane.